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Use of unproven treatments in mental health: The case of Bach Flowers

Author(s) -

David VillarrealZegarra,

Álvaro Taype-Rondán

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

revista de la facultad de medicina

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 2357-3848

pISSN - 0120-0011

DOI - 10.15446/revfacmed.v67n4.72050

Subject(s) - honor , mental health , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system

Dear editor,Flower Remedies, also known as “Bach Flowers Remedies” in honor of their creator —the English homeopath Edward Bach (1886-1936)— claim that water can acquire healing properties when certain wild flowers are submerged in it. Despite the lack of biological plausibility, this type of therapy is taught and used by health professionals, such as doctors and psychologists, to treat various mental conditions including anxiety, stress or depression.

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